On the flip side, my apple trees have started to blossom.

This morning's update from America's maximum leader feels like it's channeling, what, Patton?

Iran’s internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale shutdown on record in any country, having entered its 37th consecutive day, according to NetBlocks. The general public remains cut off as connectivity flatlines at 1% of ordinary levels.

Remember the Trump Library video from last week? Here's an epic parody of it:

Hunter regally ponders what else I might do for him. #caturday

Another stupid and destructive Trump administration move:

Wow:

Ha! Kind of.

This is fascinating, how we passed peak fossil fuel cars already:

Gaa prices over $4 here. We have lagged the rest of the country.

Good morning from the White House:

"[W]e could hit [Iranian oil infrastructure] and it would be gone. And there’s not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force." -Trump, two days ago

I appreciate the final question mark?

How can we teach online - with joy? Here's our full conversation with @flowerdarby.bsky.social , touching on connecting with students, AI, asynchronous vs synchronous learning, multimedia, psychology, and more: youtu.be/wsRE9ZTHbBg

Gorgeous:

Overview effect:

Both accurate and a nice pun:

Me, lifting a measly 280 lbs.

What a cover:

That's about right:

That speech could have been an email

"We're gonna bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong."

Starting to watch Trump talk and I really miss drinking.

Go go GO Artemis!

How might we teach online with joy? I'm delighted to host @flowerdarby.bsky.social on the Future Trends Forum tomorrow to explore her new work: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Spring blossoms.

"A 9 year old running te government would be indistinguishable from Trump" -from Munk debate podcast

New York University closes its Abu Dhabi campus because of the Iran war and recent threats: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/n...

Important reporting on the battery revolution by the awesome @billmckibben.bsky.social : billmckibben.substack.com/p/night-into...

Harlequin Romance to make short videos w/ AI: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

So the US isn't getting Hormuz open the way it wants. And didn't cause the clerical regime to fall. And didn't erase all Iranian military assets.

"You look like you're walking in from the apocalypse" saud the person who took this photo.

China is really showing off here:

Strikes on an Iranian university and threats to hit others: I try to get information on this development: bryanalexander.org/politics/str...

It's so strange how not talking about climate change doesn't make it go away. Huh.

Strikes hit a Tehran university. Iran threatens to hit US campuses in the area: www.straitstimes.com/world/middle...

A family member found this #NoKings poster:

I can't make today's #NoKings because I'm working at a conference, but am certainly there in spirit. Here's what I saw from the last march in DC:

Houthis enter the Iran war: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Ah, the jetlag/time zone difference hits and WHAM I battle the sleep monster.

On the way to Denver.

"Across all groups, after adjusting for inflation, higher ed employees are still earning less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic..." www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

True: "The major hubs are bad in all the predictable ways, but America’s smaller airports are each cursed and tragic in their own exquisite style. "

Tonight's vanishing point corridor.

Trump: "the Iranians 'gave us a present, and the present arrived today.'" Sometimes the president is, what, 8 years old?

I am flying through DCA today. Security was crowded but not slow, maybe 30 minutes.

I am delighted to see my most recent book hit Europe:

The American government will now spend $1 billion to *not* have offshore wind power. This is so stupid. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Americans are collecting gas money, food donations, and gift cards for TSA workers. www.wral.com/news/local/g...

This story gets more intensive with every bit of reporting: